Clement Quartey

{{Short description|Ghanaian boxer (1938–2024)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Clement Quartey

| image = Bundesarchiv Bild 183-A0922-0005-002, Berlin, Karl-Marx-Allee, Boxer aus Ghana (Clement Quartey).jpg|150 px|Clement Quartey in 1962

| caption = Quartey in 1962

| nationality = Ghanaian

| sport = Boxing

| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|4|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Accra, Gold Coast (now Ghana)

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|11|2|1938|4|12|df=y}}

| death_place = United Kingdom

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's Boxing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{GHA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalSilver| 1960 Rome | Light Welterweight}}

}}

Clement Isaac Quartey (12 April 1938 – 2 November 2024) was a Ghanaian boxer. He won the silver medal in the men's Light Welterweight (63.5 kg) category at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, thus becoming Ghana’s first Olympic medalist.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/ike-quartey-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005322/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/qu/ike-quartey-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Ike Quartey}}{{cite web|url=http://mefirighana.com/tag/clement-quartey/|title=Clement Quartey - Me Firi Ghana|website=mefirighana.com|access-date=11 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180512044143/http://mefirighana.com/tag/clement-quartey/|archive-date=12 May 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/africa/ghana/articles/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-ghanas-best-boxers/|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Ghana's Best Boxers|first1=Hakeem|last1=Adam|date=2 February 2017}} and the first Black African to win an Olympic medal.{{Cite web |title=Boxer Quartey becomes first black African medalist |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/boxer-quartey-becomes-first-black-african-medalist |access-date=8 November 2024 |website=}}